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WorksheetsProgressive Era - EVHS
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle
Ida Tarbell wrote "The History of Standard Oil" for McClure's Magazine
Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives
What was the impact of these muckraking activities during the early 1900s? TEKS - US.5B, US.22C, US.15B
A Society changed in response to their promotion of Social Darwinism.
B Voters agreed to let big business owners create more profitable monopolies.
C Reports of their works in publications abroad caused a decline in immigration.
D Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization.
Which was an important benefit of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906? TEKS- US.15B
A Food processing companies were forced to recognize their workers’ unions.
B Child labor was prohibited in the making of drugs or the processing of foods.
C Consumers were protected from adulterated or misbranded foods and drugs.
D Tariff duties on imported foods and drugs were greatly reduced.
• Interstate Commerce Act
• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Meat Inspection Act
• Pure Food and Drug Act
These acts demonstrate that Progressive leaders — TEKS - US.15B, US.22A
A believed the states rather than the federal government should regulate the economy
B thought some federal regulation of the economy was necessary to prevent the worst abuses of industrialization
C were prevented from taking more active measures by the U.S. Supreme Court
D favored a socialist approach in which the federal government ran the most important Businesses
Why was the 16th Amendment added to the U.S. Constitution in 1913? TEKS- US.5A
A To guarantee the right to vote to women
B To allow the federal government to tax individual incomes
C To prohibit the manufacture, sale or use of alcoholic beverages
D To assert the supremacy of federal law over state law
This satirical cartoon makes fun of a sentiment that eventually led to — TEKS- US.5A
A the passage of a federal statute prohibiting the shipment of beer from Hawaii
B the issuance of a Supreme Court ruling declaring it unconstitutional to interfere with private businesses
C the establishment of a congressional committee to investigate the treatment of Hawaiian workers
D the ratification of a constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
How did Jane Addams’ leadership contribute to American society? TEKS - US.5B
She was the chief organizer of militant demonstrations to secure the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
She wrote a series of popular books protesting the abuses of workers and consumers by American industry.
She established settlement houses in which educated, middle-class leaders helped to educate immigrants and the urban poor.
She became the first woman to be appointed as a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Which pair of constitutional amendments established and repealed the prohibition of alcoholic beverages? TEKS- US.5A
14th and 15th Amendments
16th and 17th Amendments
18th and 21st Amendments
19th and 26th Amendments
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
• Initiative
• Referendum
• Recall
• Direct Primary
• 17th Amendment
Which characteristic was shared by all five reforms above? TEKS- US.5A US.22A US.22C
They were reforms at the state level.
They gave citizens a greater voice in government.
They were directly aimed at reducing corruption in state government.
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working classes.
The muckraking journalists associated with the Progressive Era were known primarily for their-
TEKS- US.5B
willingness to expose the corruption within America’s society.
articles supporting the economic benefits of laissez-faire economics.
the use of the media to advocate the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
support for the formation of U.S. military alliances with European countries.
Many Progressives opposed social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that —
TEKS- US. 25A
people in lower classes were not capable of economic success
immigration weakened national unity
the government should take responsibility for the well-being of people
poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation
